Dartmouth Health

Academic health system and medical education

Registered Nurse - Adolescent Med Psychiatric Care Unit

Nursing & Frontline Patient CarePosted on Nov 13

Part-timeLebanon, NH, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited nursing program.
Hold a registered nurse license with New Hampshire eligibility.
Hold Basic Life Support certification.

Responsibilities

Use the nursing process to assess patients, identify outcomes, plan and implement individualized care, and evaluate that care.
Use critical thinking to anticipate and recognize changes in patient status, modify the plan of care, or escalate concerns to the care team as needed.
Advocate for patients in accordance with the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics, uphold patient autonomy and informed consent, and assist patients and families in expressing self-determination.
Seek feedback and use it to improve performance.
Participate in the governance of practice.
Manage interpersonal relationships with oneself and others.
Mentor colleagues to advance nursing practice and the profession.
Assume authority and accountability for patient nursing care and delegate care appropriately to other care-team members in accordance with laws, regulations, policies, and procedures.
Prioritize and organize time to optimize patient outcomes.
Seek out current evidence and standards and apply them in daily practice.
Contribute to research, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice at the local level.
Communicate effectively in a variety of formats across areas of practice.
Partner with others to effect change and produce positive outcomes through knowledge exchange.
Precept student nurses, nurse externs, nurse residents, experienced clinical nurses, and other healthcare-team members.
Perform other duties as required or assigned.

Desired Qualifications

A Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing (BSN) is preferred.

Overview

Our Academic Medical Center has expanding to meet the needs of our rural New England region's pediatric patients with inpatient psychiatric care needs. The Inpatient Adolescent Med Psych Care Unit opened in April 2025. We are recruiting Pediatric RNs and Psychiatric RNs passionate about supporting adolescent patients ages 12 to 17. The successful candidate will be flexible and team-oriented.

This is a Part Time 24hr/week (2x12hr shifts) rotating position. The rotation is 7a-7p and 7p-7a across all 7 days and includes weekends and holiday coverage.

Responsibilities

The Clinical Nurse is an engaged and credentialed member of the Professional Nursing Organization and is responsible for autonomous practice directed by the professional tenets of practitioner, leader/decision maker, scientist and transferor. The Clinical Nurse is responsible for utilizing the nursing process to provide evidence-based care and to continuously monitor and evaluate practice to ensure safe passage of patients that is in the best interest of populations served.

Practitioner

Utilizes the nursing process to assess, diagnose, identify outcomes, plan, implement and evaluate an individualized plan of care.

Utilizes critical thinking and the nursing process to anticipate and recognize changes in patient status, taking action to modify the plan of care or to elevate to the care team as necessary.

Practices in accordance with the ANA Code of Ethics to advocate for patients, uphold their autonomy in decision-making, ensure informed consent and assist patients in families in expressing self-determination.

Actively seeks feedback and acts to improve performance.

Engages in the governance of practice.

Leader/Decision Maker

Manages interpersonal relationships for self and with others.

Mentors colleagues for the advancement of nursing practice and the profession.

Assumes authority and accountability for the nursing care of patients while appropriately delegating elements of care to others members of the care delivery team in accordance with laws, regulations and policies and procedures.

Prioritizes and organizes time to optimize patient outcomes.

Scientist

Actively seeks out the most current evidence and standards and applies and translates to daily practice.

Role models a culture of inquiry, developing new knowledge by contributing to research, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice at the local level.

Transferor

Communicates effectively in a variety of formats in all areas of practice.

Actively partners with others to effect change that produces positive outcomes through the exchange of knowledge.

Precepts the student nurse, nurse extern, nurse resident, experienced clinical nurse and other members of the healthcare team.

Performs other duties as required or assigned.

Qualifications

Graduate from an accredited Nursing Program required.
Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN) preferred.

Required Licensure/Certifications

Licensed RN with NH eligibility
BLS

About the Company

Dartmouth Health

Academic health system and medical education

Dartmouth Health runs New Hampshire’s largest private employer and a regional academic health system serving northern New England, with DHMC and a wide network of hospitals and clinics. It provides care through more than 2,000 providers across nearly every specialty, including the Dartmouth Cancer Center and Dartmouth Health Children’s. It blends clinical care with education and research by training about 400 residents and fellows each year with Dartmouth and the Geisel School of Medicine, and by conducting clinical trials with Geisel and the White River Junction VA Medical Center. Its goal is to deliver exceptional, personal care while advancing medicine and meeting the health needs of the communities it serves.

Company size: 201-500
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Lebanon, NH
Founded: Not listed

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